Fireplace-grate



(No Model.)

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FIREPLACE GRATE.

pPaten ted" Ma UNITE STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUELL. cook, or JAoKsoNvILLn LoRIDA.

FI REPLACE-G R ATE.

SPECIFICATIOhT forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,969, dated May 31,1898. Application filed June 2, 1897. Serial lio- 639,105. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. COOK, a citi= zen of the United States,residing at J ackson ville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida,have invented a newand useful Improvement in Fireplace-Grates, of whichthe following is a specification;

My invention has relation to fireplace heating devices, and moreespecially to grates therefor.

The object of my invention is to furnish a grate which may be readilyremoved from the fireplace for purposes of cleaning, repair, 85c. butwill not be liable to accidental displacement;

With this object in viewmy invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrange: ment, and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and afterward specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing myinvention as practically applied. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectionthrough the lever portion of the devices shown in Fig. 1, from front torear. Fig.3 is a fragmentary detail perspective View showing part of thegrate and its'securing means.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever theyoccur in thedifierent figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters,'A is the front, B B are the sides,and G is the cover, of a suitable casing in which my improved grate maybe inclosed; The upper portion of this casing is further inclosed by 'amantelshelf D of any ordinary constructiom My improved grate consists ofa basket F, provided at the bottom of its sides withtransversely-projecting flanges F on each side of the basket. Theseflanges are supported at their rear ends on a shelf or bracket G,projecting fromthe rear wall of the fireplace, and at their front ends,which are curved upward slightly, between rollers H H, pivotally mountedon the sides B B of the casing. The

roller H is located above and slightly in the rear of the roller H, sothat when the grate is in position the curved outer end of the flange Fof the bottom thereof will rest between the two rollers and slightlybehind the lower roller H, the upper roller H resting in the inside ofthe curve of the flange before mentioned.

' 'In placing or removing the grate the flanges F; pass between therollers H H, resting the of removal and replacement there is no dangerof upsetting or displacement, while the motion is rendered noiseless andeasy by the flanges running between the rollers on the sides of thecasing.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination with a fireplace provided with a stationary shelf orbracket G on its rear face, with the rollers H and H journaled on pinsprojecting from the sides of the fireplace, the rollerH being locatedabove and slightly insideof the roller H, and the gratebasket providedwith laterally-projecting bottom flanges having curved front ends, therear portion of the grate-basket being shaped to rest upon the bracketsG, and the curved portion of the flanges to rest between the rollers Hand H, located as aforesaid, for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL L. COOK;

. Witnesses:

J OHN T. OWEN, GEORGE O. HoL Es. Y

